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Highlights Report ARCTIC HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK-YUKON HIGHLIGHTS REPORT 2007 – 2011 Authors: Jody Butler Walker, Norma Kassi, Katelyn Friendship, Bree Blottner, Marilyn Van Bibber Photo Credits: AHRN-YT team © Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon, 2011 Suggested citation: Butler Walker, J., N. Kassi, K. Friendship, B. Blottner, M. Van Bibber. 2011. Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon Highlights Report 2007-2011. Whitehorse, Yukon. 54 pgs. ISBN 978-0-9809736-5-5 For more information, please visit our website: www.arctichealthyukon.ca #209 – 100 Main Street Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2A7 Canada Tel: (867) 668-3393 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………....6 Current Projects………………………………………………………...7 Funders………………………………………………………………….8 Background to the Arctic Health Research Network.……………....9 Who We Are.……………………………………………………….....13 How We Operate.………………………………………….……........17 What We Do: Yukon-based Actions and Activities.....….…….......21 Publications.……………………………………………………….......33 Who We’ve Worked With.………….………….………………….….35 Next Steps..…………………………………………………………....39 AHRN-YT Biographies..……………………………………………....41 3 4 Welcome! It is our pleasure to welcome you to this summary of activities of the Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon (AHRN-YT) from when it was established in February 2007 until the Fall of 2011. Our organization has grown and evolved since we began to better meet the research needs of northern communities. In response, AHRN-YT is now transitioning into the Arctic Institute for Community-Based Research: For Northern Health and Well-Being (AICBR). We would be pleased to provide additional information on any of our projects, and invite you to visit our website (www.arctichealthyukon.ca). Sincerely, Jody Butler Walker Marilyn Van Bibber Executive Director Associate Director Bree Blottner Katelyn Friendship Director of Operations Research Associate Special Note AHRN-YT also acknowledges the fundamental contributions of our co-founder, current Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Norma Kassi (2006-2010) for her invaluable work in the development of this organization. 5 Executive Summary This Highlights Report summarizes the activities and projects that the Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon has led, initiated or participated in over the past nearly 5 years. We have done our best to be responsive to specific community health priorities, particularly those identified by and with Yukon First Nation communities, to be as inclusive as possible, and to seek opportunities to bring resources into the Yukon to contribute to collaboratively moving forward with these and other health-related priorities. Along the way, we have developed partnerships that we will continue to work with, both within and outside the Yukon, including other Northern jurisdictions in Canada and the circumpolar North, as well as those at academic institutions in Canada and elsewhere. We also welcome new partnerships as we continue to grow in response to health-related issues in northern communities. The projects and activities summarized here have been developed and implemented with the participation of many others, whose contributions we acknowledge with sincere appreciation and the hope that they have benefitted both directly and indirectly by these collaborative efforts. 6 Current Projects (2010-2011) • Working together to Achieve Healthier Weights in Yukon Communities: This project is in partnership with Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Selkirk First Nation, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Recreation and Parks Association of Yukon, and Yukon Government Health and Social Department to find common pathways to northern health and well-being (2010/2011). All Yukon communities are invited to contribute to the proposal for the next phase of this project, which may be for up to 4 years. • Climate Change and Food Security in Old Crow: This was a three-year food security and climate change initiative involving youth researchers, which is now coming to an end. The project was initiated by the Vuntut Gwitchin citizens in Old Crow, who invited AHRN-YT to work with them in response to their concerns about changes to their traditional harvesting and hunting areas, and changes in the distribution and abundance of several traditional food species. (2008-2011) • Our Changing Homelands Our Changing Lives: AHRN-YT facilitated the production of the award winning ‘Our Changing Homelands, Our Changing Lives’ film that explores the effects of climate change on the traditional lifestyle of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nations of Old Crow. (2009-2011) • Assisting Teslin Tlingit Council with their project Teslin Food Security and Climate Change: Similar to the Old Crow project, this initiative worked on investigating food security issues in the community by youth researchers, and was also a capacity building initiative in which we were contracted by the Teslin Tlingit Council to assist them with their own research initiative. (2009-2011) • Old Crow H. pylori Prevalence study: AHRN-YT has been working at the invitation of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and the University of Alberta to contribute to coordination of the Helicobacter pylori prevalence study. (2010-2011) • Coordinated and Hosted an Evaluation Training Workshop (March, 2011) • Coordinated and hosted a Knowledge Translation Workshop (March 2011) 7 Funders The work of the Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon has been supported by the following funders, to whom we extend our sincere appreciation: • Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Meeting Planning Dissemination Grant: First Nations, Inuit and Métis Ethics and Review • Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Team Grant “Averting Chronic Diseases in Northern Populations” (2006-2011) (Yukon PI – JBW) • Public Health Agency of Canada – Innovation Strategy Phase 1 • Health Canada -Climate Change and Health Adaptation in the North -Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Division • Tri-Territorial Health Access Fund • Yukon Workers Compensation Health and Safety Board • National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health • Kloshe Tillicum (Network Environment for Aboriginal Research-BC) • Tides Foundation (San Francisco, USA) • Canadian North Helicobacter pylori (CANHelp) Working Group; Community H. pylori Projects/ University of Alberta • SSHRC- Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada/ University Of Saskatchewan 8 Background to the Arctic Health Research Network 9 Tri-territorial Initiative Arctic Health Research Network (AHRN) began in 2005/2006 as the first Canadian tri- territorial health research network linking northern regions. The network includes health research centers based in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The need for a tri-territorial health research network to link Yukon (YT), Nunavut (NU), and the Northwest Territories (NWT) was identified during the development of a research proposal called Averting Chronic Diseases in Northern Canada in 2005. The principal investigator of the proposal, Dr. Kue Young from the University of Toronto, had been investigating chronic diseases in Southern Canadian aboriginal populations for some time. His vision was to use the knowledge he’d gained to benefit aboriginal and non-aboriginal populations in Northern Canada particularly in relation to diabetes, to build health research capacity in Northern Canada, and to work on this initiative with other circumpolar countries. The 5-year proposal was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and began in 2006. It provided seed funding to initiate the development of the tri-territorial network. Each Territory has used their regional seed funding to develop partnerships and projects that are responsive to regional priorities and issues. While the three organizations have evolved and grown in response to their territory’s priorities over the last few years, we continue to collaborate and partner with the network organizations. We also work with all Yukon communities, including Yukon First Nations communities, as well as non-government and government agencies and researchers from Canada and elsewhere. 10 Territorial-specific Focus VISION The VISION of the Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon is the meaningful engagement of Northerners in health research focused on Northern health priorities, with results contributing to lasting health improvements. Inherent in this Vision is the dissemination of research results, the training of community-based health researchers, and the translation of knowledge to ensure transfer of results to inform the development of Northern health-related policies and programs. MISSION The MISSION of Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon (AHRN-YT) is to facilitate and promote community-based, Northern-led health research activities aimed at improving the health of Yukon First Nations and non-First Nations residents, and to collaborate with other Northern and circumpolar health jurisdictions. AHRN-YT continues to build relationships with Yukon communities and uphold the ethics and principles of community-based research. AHRN-YT will engage in research activities only upon the invitation of a Yukon First Nations government or community. FOCUS Community Health AHRN-YT was registered as a non-profit society in 2007. The Yukon Public Health Association (YPHA) led the preliminary work towards the creation of AHRN-YT, and continues to play an important role in the ongoing development of AHRN-YT as an active member of the Board. It is important that community-based health research be situated within a larger public health context, and we will
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